alzheimer’s disease

A new, massive research effort has examined all available data on whether cognitive training, also colloquially referred to as ‘brain training,’ can offset cognitive decline. The data isn’t particularly positive.

For a while we thought amyloid plaques were the smoking gun in Alzheimer’s disease, but new research out of Berkeley has shown us some surprising details about the spread of Alzheimer’s through the brain – and used PET imaging to stage the disease in living people for the first time.

If you’ve ever wondered how much energy it takes to perform a full body scan, consider this: a new MRI designed to probe the deep structure of the brain uses a magnet more powerful than the ones inside the Large Hadron Collider.

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